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Even with big-picture bankruptcy looming large, Detroit is a hotbed of small start-up businesses.

Next week, a new series on public television from a Detroit entrepreneur, will conclude its first season of profiling start-up success stories here and elsewhere.

"Start Up," which airs at 7:30 p.m. Mondays on Detroit's PBS station, WTVS-TV (Channel 56), tells real-life stories in a cool, contemporary way about people who are beating the odds - the ones that indicate most new businesses fail. ...